The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has been ordered by a federal high court sitting in Abuja to register a new association for lawyers in the country. Justice Gladys Olotu gave the judgement after some lawyers identified as Bolaji Ayorinde, Mela Nunge, Garba Gajam, Emeka Ichoku, Chioma Ferguson, and Tejumola …
Read More »From Bureaucratic Labyrinths to Accessible Civil Registration
Opinion by Alice Wolfle, Tanja Sejersen (bangkok, thailand) Thursday, December 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 21 (IPS) – Have you ever tried to register a birth, a death or maybe your own marriage? Unfortunately, many of these vital events in Asia and the Pacific remain unregistered often with …
Read More »Tinubu to unveil birth and death registration portal on Wednesday
President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday, November 8, unveil an electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System and Geospatial Data Repository. Making the announcement on Monday, November 6, Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra said the portal will accelerate the improved civil registration and vital statistics systems …
Read More »Tribunal cancels ‘Domitilla’ trademark registration ruling that Ajemanze acted in bad faith
Domitilla is the title of a movie produced in 1996 by Zeb Ejiro, which starred Njemanze as the lead character. Annie Njemanze’s registration and application of ‘Domitilla’ as a trademark have been cancelled by the Trademark Tribunal in Abuja.
Read More »Tribunal cancels ‘Domitilla’ trademark registration ruling that Njemanze acted in bad faith
‘Domitilla’ is the title of a movie produced in 1996 by Zeb Ejiro, which starred Njemanze as the lead character. Annie Njemanze’s registration and application of ‘Domitilla’ as a trademark have been cancelled by the Trademark Tribunal in Abuja.
Read More »INEC devolves PVC collection to wards and registration areas
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will from today, January 6, commence the distribution of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) to registrants at the 8,809 electoral wards across Nigeria. INEC national commissioner and chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said this on Thursday, January 5. All validly registered …
Read More »INEC identifies 23 officials involved in fake voter registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has identified 23 personnel who carried out fake voter registrations. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu who spoke at the third quarterly meeting with political parties on Wednesday October 26, said after a rigorous clean-up of the data using the automated biometric identification system (ABIS), 2,780,756 (22.6%) of …
Read More »FG presents certificate of registration to ASUU faction
The federal government has presented a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA). Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment who presented the certificate to CONUA on Tuesday October 4, also announced the registration of the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) as a trade …
Read More »FG to present certificate of registration to breakaway ASUU faction CONUA
Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of Academic Staff Union of Universities led by Niyi Sunmonu, a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, will be receiving a certificate of registration from the Federal Government today, October 4. Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Ngige will …
Read More »A Roe Blue Wave In Texas As Democrats Have A 10 Point New Voter Registration Advantage
New voter registration is skyrocketing in Texas as young Democrats are registering after the overturn of Roe. The Houston Chronicle reported: According to TargetSmart, Democrats now have a 10-percentage point advantage among new registrants since Dobbs, making up 42 percent to Republicans’ 32 percent. Before Dobbs, Republicans had a five-point …
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